Stipe has literally no wins over anyone on the UFC roster

[blaseblase]

All his peers aged out of the sport and he refused to fight any of the new guys that replaced them. But we are supposed to believe he is a legit opponent for Jones.

Here's another interesting stat. Out of everyone Stipe has ever fought, the only two who aren't either retired from the sport or completely washed are Ngannou and......Phil De Fries. Dude is actually on a run in KSW. Good for him.

This is entirely Stipe's fault. He could have tried to get back to title contention years ago by challenging himself against the new contenders. But he's basically been retired since that knockout loss to Ngannou 3 and a half years ago and he also spent the 3 years previous to that fighting no one but a DC in his 40s who retired immediately after their trilogy. That's 6 and a half years of not fighting any of the new contenders. That's insane. He makes Colby look like Alex Pereira.

 

[Iroh]

If Jon didn't call him out, he wouldn't have been fighting most likely. So yeah, he was as good as retired. After having had grueling wars with DC where he almost lost his vision, had I think a couple of surgeries & probably still has diminished vision and then getting flattened by Ngannou.. I don't blame him for calling it quits.

Jon saw an easy prey in him because of that, obviously. Hopefully Stipe can come back in some kind of remarkable shape, but it's unlikely after a few years of retirement, IMO.

 

[Lee Danger]

Jones last defences at lhw are worse in comparison.
Stipe went to war and has wins with two former champions, Jones has "bad" wins with guys that dropped immediatly from the top of their category... and the only still active are the likes of Smith and Gane IIRC.

 

[Danespina]

Bring back Joey Beltran, Roy Nelson, and Fabio Maldonado.

 

[bjjwar]

Bring back Joey Beltran, Roy Nelson, and Fabio Maldonado.

God no, Jones would have 3 new opponents to fight bc of "legacy" and go on his ducking run bs.

 

[StonedLemur]

Bring back Joey Beltran, Roy Nelson, and Fabio Maldonado.

Roy was always a lot of fun to watch honestly.

 

[haj02]

Stipe is going to look real bad against Jones, I'm not sure why anyone would expect different. He looked awful against Francis last time out.

 

[Humongo]

I don't really understand the whole "Stipe hasn't fought in forever" argument. Jon Jones had exactly 1 fight in the last 4 years so it's not like he's much better off, and btw, he came after 3 years and creamed Cyril Gane wich according to Sherdog was this super-athlete that was going to knock Jones out.

 

[World eater]

The guy has been retired for ages. The only reason he is in the rankings is because of Jones and the only reason he is fighting is a big bag of money.

 

[jooohnmatrix]

All his peers aged out of the sport and he refused to fight any of the new guys that replaced them. But we are supposed to believe he is a legit opponent for Jones.

Here's another interesting stat. Out of everyone Stipe has ever fought, the only two who aren't either retired from the sport or completely washed are Ngannou and......Phil De Fries. Dude is actually on a run in KSW. Good for him.

This is entirely Stipe's fault. He could have tried to get back to title contention years ago by challenging himself against the new contenders. But he's basically been retired since that knockout loss to Ngannou 3 and a half years ago and he also spent the 3 years previous to that fighting no one but a DC in his 40s who retired immediately after their trilogy. That's 6 and a half years of not fighting any of the new contenders. That's insane. He makes Colby look like Alex Pereira.

Yeah Francis has a lot to answer for. Think him running from the trilogy really damaged Stipe, especially after he had done the honourable thing granting Francis the rematch when he didn’t have to.

 

[Goat Poster]

I don't really understand the whole "Stipe hasn't fought in forever" argument. Jon Jones had exactly 1 fight in the last 4 years so it's not like he's much better off, and btw, he came after 3 years and creamed Cyril Gane wich according to Sherdog was this super-athlete that was going to knock Jones out.

Aren't you forgetting someone?